Red Arrow International: BBC Daytime commissions Quiz Show “Decimate”
Munich, June 17, 2014. BBC Daytime has secured
the rights to Red Arrow International's "Decimate". Actor, singer
and comedian Shane Richie will host the brand new quiz show which
is due to air Fall 2014. "Decimate" is created and produced by Red
Arrow company CPL Productions.
"Decimate" sees a team of three contestants fighting to maintain
a £20,000 Wall of Cash over four rounds. With every wrong answer
their total is 'Decimated' - reduced by 10 percent. The question
is: how much will they still have at the end of the show?
Controller BBC Daytime, Damian Kavanagh said: "We are excited to
have commissioned this brand new series. It has huge play
along and a great team dynamic that we know our audience have come
to love and enjoy and with Shane hosting, it is a great addition to
our daytime quiz line up."
Danielle Lux, CPL Managing Director said: "We're thrilled to be
working with the BBC on a brand new quiz show format. BBC Daytime
is in rude health and we're delighted that 'Decimate' is to be part
of such a vibrant schedule."
Henrik Pabst, Managing Director, Global Format and Factual
Distribution at Red Arrow International says "CPL has created the
perfect quiz show. 'Decimate' guarantees nail-biting tension,
further increased by the great studio design. I am thrilled that it
now goes to the BBC, where it will fit in perfectly."
"Decimate" was commissioned by BBC Daytime Controller Damian
Kavanagh and Commissioning Editor Pam Cavannagh. The format was
created by Hugh Rycroft and will be executive produced by Murray
Boland, Danielle Lux, Lynn Sutcliffe and Hugh Rycroft. Jane O'Brien
will be the series producer. The show will be recorded at XX
studios in front of a live studio audience throughout August.
About "Decimate"
A team of three players must answer questions in order to preserve
as much of the £20,000 prize money as possible. Each time a player
answers the question incorrectly, the prize money is "decimated".
The cash left in the wall, after all three team members have
played, will be what they go on to play for in the final round.
CPL Productions
CPL Productions is an independent television and radio production
company run by Danielle Lux (formerly Controller of Entertainment
both at BBC and C4), Murray Boland (formerly Controller of E4 and
MTV UK), Heather Hampson and Janet Oakes. Formerly Celador
Productions, CPL produces a range of popular entertainment, comedy
and factual entertainment formats from "A League Of Their Own" for
Sky 1 HD and "All Star Mr & Mrs" and "Off Their Rockers" for
ITV1 while also owning a rich back catalogue of formats. CPL also
has a thriving radio division regularly creating and producing
comedy, entertainment and drama, for Radio 2 and 4.
Red Arrow International
Red Arrow International is a leading worldwide programming
sales-house with a broad selection of scripted, factual and format
titles from Red Arrow's global portfolio of production companies,
outstanding third-party creators and digital-content partners.
In addition, Red Arrow International is a prolific co-producer
and provides substantial production financing to a wide array of
highly-acclaimed scripted and non-scripted projects. Recent global
highlights include: "Bosch" (Amazon), "Lilyhammer" (Netflix);
"Betty White's Off Their Rockers" (NBC), and "The Taste" (ABC).
With offices in Munich, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, the company
has global reach and distributes content to over 180 territories
around the world.
Led by co-MDs Irina Ignatiew and Henrik Pabst, Red Arrow
International is part of Red Arrow Entertainment Group, which also
includes: 15 production companies across 9 countries; Los Angeles
based MCN, Collective Digital Studios; and creative partnerships
and joint ventures with STV, Screenz, Sync Media and One Three
Media (Mark Burnett / Hearst).
Red Arrow Entertainment Group is a wholly owned subsidiary
of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, one of Europe's leading media
groups.
Contact:
ProSiebenSat.1 Group
Susanne Brieu
Medienallee 7
D-85774 Unterföhring
Phone +49 [89] 95 07-1137
Fax +49 [89] 95 07-91137
Email: Susanne.Brieu@ProSiebenSat1.com
Red Arrow International
Isabelle Fedyk
Medienallee 7
D-85774 Unterföhring
Phone +49 [89] 95 07-2322
Fax +49 [89] 95 07-92322
Email: Isabelle.Fedyk@redarrowinternational.tv
Press release online:
www.redarrowinternational.tv